Improvement in fences



e. s. MARTIN. Fence.

No. 222,925. Patented Dec. 23, 1879.

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P 7?]? o A U L O J14 WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. MARTIN, OF VALLEY MILLS, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,925, dated December 23, 1879; application filed May 22, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, G. S. MARTIN, of Valley Mills, in the count-y of Bosque and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 isa similar view of a modification thereof.

My improvement relates to removable and adjustable fences; and it consists in hinging the sections together with wire loop-hinges, in such manner as to render them adjustable to any angle of the lot to be inclosed, and also removable Without untyin g the wire or sundering the rigid parts thereof.

' The right-hand section, A, comprises the uprights or vertical pieces B and B, which have, alternately, slots 01 d or orifices cl d formed therein at top and bottom, and which are secured alternately in front and rear of the horizontal bars I) b of the section, the horizontal bars b b, and the horizontal wire strand h,- but one or more of such horizontal strands of wire may be employed to substitute the horizontal bars b b, as may appear most desirable in practice.

These wires may be secu-red rigidly on one side and removably on the other, by inserting the same at one end through transverse orifices d d in the upper part of the upright, and twisting it into a loop, as shown at C, and by forming a loop at the other end of the wire, as shown at d, and inserting in the vertical slot d of the upright B.

Theleft-hand section, A", may beconstructed in a similarmanner or without wires, as shown,

and with the additional upright, G, for adding strength to the section.

The upright D is provided with the vertical slots f f, and its corresponding upright on the left with the orifices f f.

By this construction the sections may be readily hinged together and disconnected,and the fence be adjusted to the contour of-the lot to be inclosed, and it may be manufactured at a distance from the point where it is to be used, transported in sections, and readily erected without the assistance of a mechanic.

The stake-pins L are secured to extensions of the same strands of wire as are employed for forming the hinges m, and they are re= spectively provided with a circular groove, near their apex, for reception of such wires, which are thus prevented from slipping therefrom.

At each conjunction of the sections a stakepin is driven into the earth, one in front and one in the rear thereof, alternately.

' A modification of my device is shown in Fig. 2, the upper part of section 1? being pro vided with the'vertical wooden or metallic pin or pivot m, rigidly secured to the upright M, which projects through an orifice provided in the wooden or metallic piece a. The piece it is rigidly secured in a horizontal position to the top of the upright M, and the parts are thus hinged together.

What I claim is- The combination, in a panel-fence, of the upright D, having vertical slots ff, wires 13 t, upright B, and stake-pin L, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. S. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

E. P. BOOTH, M. D., E. V. JARRETT, M. D. 

